Jesus Loves Me! A Sing-Along Book is a children’s board book containing three verses of the song Jesus Love Me. It is 20 pages long of thinner weight board pages. It opens so that the pages can lie flat, which is really nice since the pictures always are across the entire spread.
The pictures feature animals going on a nature walk while
playing instruments, as the book is supposed to be sung to/with children. Along
the nature walk, the animals engage in other activities in addition to playing
instruments, such as catching a butterfly, saving a kitten from a tree, having
a picnic, and building a campfire.
The last spread features a bunch of the animals looking at
the book with the instruments, as though they are actually reading/playing
along. The other side of the pages is sheet music for the first verse and
chorus. Since all of the verses are the same tune, this can be used to play the
entire song.
The book is of high-quality, with a foam board cover. The
animals are cute, but the illustrations aren’t my favorite style; they’re
slightly more towards realistic in textured drawing, but with extra expressive
faces.
I wasn’t super familiar with the second and third verse of
the song, since usually all I heard growing up was the first verse (“Jesus
loves me! This I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong;
they are weak, but He is strong! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes,
Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.”). This would be a really fun way to
sing along with children who love music, or if you play an instrument, you
could even play along given the music at the end. The sheet music is simple to
follow along.
I received a free copy of this book, but was not required to
post a positive review.
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